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Nonsensical   /nɑnsˈɛnsɪkəl/   Listen
adjective
Nonsensical  adj.  Without sense; unmeaning; absurd; foolish; irrational; preposterous.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Nonsensical" Quotes from Famous Books



... if you did it, Judy, come, now!" said Norton. "It's no such thing; it's only nonsense. Now Pink, don't be nonsensical!" ...
— The House in Town • Susan Warner

... broad statement of a nonsensical kind, which, in its particular applications may be said to be endless. A throne won by treachery, violence, and bloodshed cannot ...
— The Pirate City - An Algerine Tale • R.M. Ballantyne

... shall we do with ourselves? I'm sure I wish I didn't know 'twas Christmas day at all. It makes a fellow feel queer and nonsensical—homesick, I suppose they call it—and all that sort of thing. I vote we obliterate the fact, by chopping as hard ...
— Cedar Creek - From the Shanty to the Settlement • Elizabeth Hely Walshe

... sorry! and you have done wrong! Upon my soul, Miss Danton, you have a mild way of putting it. Here, take back this nonsensical letter. I can't and won't free you ...
— Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters - A Novel • May Agnes Fleming

... point I was coming to)—Ver. 824. Colman observes here: "Madame Dacier makes an observation on this speech, something like that of Donatus on one of Micio's above; and says that Micio, being hard put to it by the real circumstances of the case, thinks to confound Demea by a nonsensical gallimatia. I can not be of the ingenious lady's opinion on this matter, for I think a more sensible speech could not be made, nor a better plea offered in favor of the young men, than that of Micio in ...
— The Comedies of Terence - Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes • Publius Terentius Afer, (AKA) Terence


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